More Weird News

**houseisland** · January 11th, 2010, 11:43 PM

OK, so, for weirdness, it doesn't top SL's story about the guy in Texas who was in the closet with the corpse, but .... it's no slouch either.

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/100111/K011106AU.html

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**Guts3d** · January 13th, 2010, 06:38 AM

Yikes! Well, it could have been worse... He might have liked attention and paraded around.

**slgrieb** · January 13th, 2010, 07:51 PM

The story is intriguing, but there is so much left unreported. Heck, we aren't even told if the underwear was soiled or clean. I think just a few moments of reflection will make plain just how much of this dramatic incident is left untold. It is reporting like this that has caused so many to question the effectiveness and integrity of the mass media.

**houseisland** · March 14th, 2010, 11:39 AM

Miami man allegedly had followers drink snail mucus in rituals, causing violent illness

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/100312/K031211AU.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86SJfXNs_vI

gullible - Easily cheated or duped; credulous.

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**Guts3d** · March 15th, 2010, 09:33 AM

Where are these people? I have some bridges I'd like to sell...

**houseisland** · March 18th, 2010, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by Guts3d

Where are these people? I have some bridges I'd like to sell...

Yes... we could all use some help with our retirement plans.

I have some snails in my garden. Hmmmmm..... Milking them for hallucinogenic mucus might be more profitable than trying to flog them as escargot. Now we need some sort of tie-in with ancient Nazca lines, Celtic Druidism, and the Knights of Pitheus.....

$$$$$$$$$$$

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**houseisland** · March 18th, 2010, 08:48 PM

Good crop today

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/100317/K031708AU.html

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/100317/K03179AU.html

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**slgrieb** · March 18th, 2010, 11:00 PM

"Homeowner Frank Fontana says he was in bed when the man climbed in about 5:30 Wednesday morning. Fontana says he asked whether it was a woman who has keys to his home - and he grabbed a baseball bat when a deep male voice answered, 'No, it's not.' "

"The man, 33, faces a preliminary hearing on charges of criminal mischief and criminal trespass."

I'd dispute these charges. Criminal mischief would have been if the intruder has said, "Hey, baby! It's me! Are you ready?"

**houseisland** · March 27th, 2010, 12:42 PM

And it just keeps on a coming....

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/100326/K032617AU.html

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/100326/K032615AU.html

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**Guts3d** · March 28th, 2010, 05:34 AM

Maybe he wasn't trying to resuscitate the animal at all, he might have been trying to steal a kiss! Nice find, as always!

**slgrieb** · March 28th, 2010, 01:03 PM

"The man is charged with impaired operation of a motor vehicle and blowing over the legal limit."

The ways of jurisprudence are strange indeed. In Texas, I don't think there is a legal limit on blowing.

**El_Squid** · April 2nd, 2010, 04:27 PM

Of course, in Oklahoma, the Buckle of the Bible Belt, anything other than straight Missionary is illegal.

**houseisland** · June 9th, 2010, 09:53 PM

CBC: Ohio woman gets 3 days in jail for repeatedly calling police seeking a husband

Published: Wednesday, June 9, 2010 | 1:40 PM ET
Canadian Press The Associated Press

And for the obligatory, saving CeeBee the trouble:

Originally Posted by CeeBee

Old news

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**slgrieb** · June 10th, 2010, 12:27 PM

How's this for weird new? The Ohio legislature just passed a law which among other provisions makes the creation of animal/human hybrids, the fertilization of an embryo with non-human sperm (and the reverse) illegal.

Why does this impress me as weird? I think this law makes it illegal for Ohio politicians to reproduce.

**slgrieb** · June 30th, 2010, 09:32 AM

"An 87-year-old grandmother subdued by police with a stun gun while she was lying in bed hooked up to an oxygen machine is suing her Oklahoma hometown."

Full story